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. >> they have a big problem in national elections. >> president obama has won the election. >> the president right now has a higher approval rating certainly than congress. >> horrible numbers for congress. >> a pitiful 14%. >> pretty bad numbers on john boehner's report card. >> the debt ceiling is a dangerous game. >> i don't see that as a winner for them. >> don't fight battles you can't win. >> it is a troubled time for the party. >> let's stop for a second. >> let's make clear decisions. >> the republican strategy. >> stop talking about rape. >> don't fight battles you can't win. >> it is a troubled time for the party, get something done. >> we have to be the party of new solutions, we're not just going to be the party of no. >> it is groundhog day. >> the conservatives, the retreat, we've come a long way since. >> i'm ezra klein in for lawrence o'donnell, one of the great moments, when redford having just won the election, sits down on the bed taking it all in. the next few words are not just to ever film junky, pretty much to every political candidate. >> what do we do now? >> what do
. >> they have a big problem in national elections. >> president obama has won the election. >> the president right now has a higher approval rating certainly than congress. >> horrible numbers for congress. >> a pitiful 14%. >> pretty bad numbers on john boehner's report card. >> the debt ceiling is a dangerous game. >> i don't see that as a winner for them. >> don't fight battles you can't win. >> it is a troubled time for the party....
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we see trolling sometimes in elected officials, too. when a politician says something deliberately provocative in front of an audience because they're banking on firing up a smaller group of people who enjoy the way that speaker can make that other audience feel. congressman steve king is kind of a permanent troll. >> we could also electrify this wire with the kind of current that wouldn't kill someone but would simply by a discouragement from them. we do that with livestock all of the time. >> comparing imgrants to livestock and using a visual aid to do so on the house floor. here's another. >> a poet once said life can be a challenge, life can seem impossible, but it's never easy when there's so much on the line. >> he was trolling the entire democratic process at that point. here's oolt. trolling. congressman allen west, former congressman allen west begging america please be out raged by me, please condemn me. i live to cause pointless out rage. i am a troll. the thing about trolling is that the troll, by definition, is not serious.
we see trolling sometimes in elected officials, too. when a politician says something deliberately provocative in front of an audience because they're banking on firing up a smaller group of people who enjoy the way that speaker can make that other audience feel. congressman steve king is kind of a permanent troll. >> we could also electrify this wire with the kind of current that wouldn't kill someone but would simply by a discouragement from them. we do that with livestock all of the...
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. >> so do immigration reform because it will help them in the next election? >> i think there is a huge political calculation. the question is does rubio do it? he has so much -- he has such good credentials with the conservative movement that if he endorses something close to obama, i think by the end of the year you could get a deal on immigration. even that one when you get to the nuts and bolts, politics are tough for a lot of the republicans, particularly in southern districts. >> thanks so much. you'll be on "morning joe" later? >> i will. >> don't use it all up on me. as always, let us know why you're awake or tell us how you'll be spending your martin luther king jr./inauguration day. we'll read the best responses, as always, later in the show. still ahead on "way too early," the baltimore ravens? what do you mean? do we have any ravens fans here? they shocked tom brady and set up an all harbaugh bowl. and later, saturday night live's second hand news correspondents, they get all the facts wrong. that clip and a check on weather when "way too early" co
. >> so do immigration reform because it will help them in the next election? >> i think there is a huge political calculation. the question is does rubio do it? he has so much -- he has such good credentials with the conservative movement that if he endorses something close to obama, i think by the end of the year you could get a deal on immigration. even that one when you get to the nuts and bolts, politics are tough for a lot of the republicans, particularly in southern...
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the fact is in 2012, in this election, we elected more pro-choice members of congress and in the states but the battle in the state is raging very, very hot. and it is denying women access to this care. so it's no longer about the legality of abortion care. it is about access, because they keep putting barriers up for women and making this thinking that politicians should make the decision, not women and their doctors and their families. >> as we look at what the country and the geography of how things are laid out right now, congresswoman, there are states with just one abortion clinic in them and as we look at them, you can see them there, mississippi, arkansas, north dakota and south dakota. a lot of people, a lot of women and men as well around the country might be very surprised to learn that those states only have one place where women can go, and that is not only because there's a concern for the safety of those that work at those clinics in that state, it's also because there isn't an appetite to support more facilities like that in those states, correct? >> that's absolutely th
the fact is in 2012, in this election, we elected more pro-choice members of congress and in the states but the battle in the state is raging very, very hot. and it is denying women access to this care. so it's no longer about the legality of abortion care. it is about access, because they keep putting barriers up for women and making this thinking that politicians should make the decision, not women and their doctors and their families. >> as we look at what the country and the geography...
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. >> to change the rules for electing a president. >> they have no choice. >> what do you think the party must do better. >> we're laistening, we're listening. >> another day, another hearing in which a senator gets to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he is in competent. >> will you work with me so that we can find out what actually happened and then we can move beyond that. >> well i think, senator, in all fairness, i think we do know what happened. i think it was very clear. >> were you at the briefing with the tapes? >> no. >> there was a briefing with tapes which we all saw those of us who went to it. we sat for hours with our intel folks who described to us what we were seeing and we saw the events unfold we had a complete description. >> that was john kerry humiliating senator johnson. he received the most impressive bipartisan introduction that perhaps the senate at ever seen. >> i'm very pleased that john will be given the chance subject to confirmation to continue the work of a lifetime on behalf of our country. >> let me thank you on behalf of the committee for all that you
. >> to change the rules for electing a president. >> they have no choice. >> what do you think the party must do better. >> we're laistening, we're listening. >> another day, another hearing in which a senator gets to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he is in competent. >> will you work with me so that we can find out what actually happened and then we can move beyond that. >> well i think, senator, in all fairness, i think we do know what...
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>> here is what i would say to that, yes, being re-elected, but most importantly, being re-elected by such a broad coalition of americans. african-americans, latinos, young voters, asian americans, white americans, southern. i mean, it is the broadest coalition twice now that has elected a president. i think that is an incredible accomplishme accomplishment, and, yes, re-electing the nation's first african-american president a tremendous accomplishment. >> do you agree with that? >> i agree. i think the coalition is extraordinary and the best political progress comes when you actually can work from strength rather than desperation, and we have a president who politically is very strong. it allows him to be magnanimous. >> well, i don't know if you noticed, but paul ryan was at the inauguration. he said he felt obliged to attend. i wonder if the president had a particular line for him in the speech. take a listen to this. >> the commitments we make to each other through medicare and medicaid and social security, these things do not sap our initiative, they strengthen us. they do not ma
>> here is what i would say to that, yes, being re-elected, but most importantly, being re-elected by such a broad coalition of americans. african-americans, latinos, young voters, asian americans, white americans, southern. i mean, it is the broadest coalition twice now that has elected a president. i think that is an incredible accomplishme accomplishment, and, yes, re-electing the nation's first african-american president a tremendous accomplishment. >> do you agree with that?...
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he did win the election. and i think the lbj example is not bad one, because during those first six months of 1965, medicare, education, voting rights, all the things that we think of really as the great society didn't happen across four years, really just in that first half of one year. the fact that johnson was asking for all those big things together really helped. >> the end of the iraq war was not marked as a massive occasion in this country when it happened. there was some primetime news programs that didn't cover it the day that it happened, the day that was the end of the war. but people, when you ask them broadly in the country, end up ranking ending the war as president obama's greatest single accomplishment in his first four years. what explains the primacy of that in memory, even as it was buried in the news as we went through it? >> well, go back to the democratic primaries of 2008. what was the biggest issue? barack obama probably became the nominee largely because he was against the war at the
he did win the election. and i think the lbj example is not bad one, because during those first six months of 1965, medicare, education, voting rights, all the things that we think of really as the great society didn't happen across four years, really just in that first half of one year. the fact that johnson was asking for all those big things together really helped. >> the end of the iraq war was not marked as a massive occasion in this country when it happened. there was some primetime...
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he does have one more election where he is going to be tested. and he wants to go back to the midterm, and overturn that. he is not putting it like there will be another honeymoon, that may be what he is thinking, but that is not in his head. >> we're already seeing that work. >> yeah, no, from what i was hearing from sources, not only is he not going to negotiate, he doesn't even take their calls. he is like this is something i wouldn't even take your call. but if you want to talk about other things, his doors open. they're going to raise the debt ceiling. he understands that the brinksmanship that the republicans were able to bring last time, just doesn't exist. this guy is popular with the american people. he is a likeable guy, a great family. a few more weeks of this honeymoon before the sharks start to come back into the water but hopefully he will truly take advantage of it. >> joy reid, and richard wolffe, thank you for joining us on this historic night. and america's troubadeer in chief, james taylor gets tonight's last word. ♪ oh beaut
he does have one more election where he is going to be tested. and he wants to go back to the midterm, and overturn that. he is not putting it like there will be another honeymoon, that may be what he is thinking, but that is not in his head. >> we're already seeing that work. >> yeah, no, from what i was hearing from sources, not only is he not going to negotiate, he doesn't even take their calls. he is like this is something i wouldn't even take your call. but if you want to talk...
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to congress making us look too liberal to get re-elected. >> all right. michael, thank you very much. >> thanks. great to see you all, guys. >> all right. >>> next, what if anything can manti te'o learn when and if he finally comes clean from lance armstrong's confession, aka, how to not be a complete and utter loser? lance is next in the spin as we roll on. it's friday, january 18th. i didn't think it was anything. i had pain in my abdomen... it just wouldn't go away. i was spotting, but i had already gone through menopause. these symptoms may be nothing... but they could be early warning signs of a gynecologic cancer, such as cervical, ovarian, or uterine cancer. feeling bloated for no reason. that's what i remember. seeing my doctor probably saved my life. warning signs are not the same for everyone. if you think something's wrong... see your doctor. ask about gynecologic cancer. and get the inside knowledge. nothing. are you stealing our daughter's school supplies and taking them to work? no, i was just looking for my stapler and my... this thing. i s
to congress making us look too liberal to get re-elected. >> all right. michael, thank you very much. >> thanks. great to see you all, guys. >> all right. >>> next, what if anything can manti te'o learn when and if he finally comes clean from lance armstrong's confession, aka, how to not be a complete and utter loser? lance is next in the spin as we roll on. it's friday, january 18th. i didn't think it was anything. i had pain in my abdomen... it just wouldn't go...
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where we have not won the battles are when legislators are elected. it's kind of the bait and switch. they don't run on this issue. they run on jobs or the economy. and then once they get there, we see this war on women. and we see that their whole intent is to deny women this care and letting women, their doctors, their families make the decision. it is unbelievable that we have so many anti-choice legislators. and i think what the american public has to do do is when they show up at your door, ask them. do they protect freedom and privacy in letting women make the decision, or do they want politicians to make it? and that's the million dollar question. who gets to decide? politician or women and her family. >> we've talked a number of time, you and i, nancy, on this show about overall strategy, about the connection of this, the issue politics of this as an issue and how it relates to electoral politics between the two parties. i know you are stepping down from naral very soon. your successor has already been named. what would you tell the movement t
where we have not won the battles are when legislators are elected. it's kind of the bait and switch. they don't run on this issue. they run on jobs or the economy. and then once they get there, we see this war on women. and we see that their whole intent is to deny women this care and letting women, their doctors, their families make the decision. it is unbelievable that we have so many anti-choice legislators. and i think what the american public has to do do is when they show up at your...
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september 5th, when mitt romney, the man who did not win the election nearly three months ago, announced his black leadership council. while this finely tuned targeted outreach will no doubt do wonder for the gop among hispaniced, who they lost by nearly 50 points, and african-americans who they lost by nearly 80 points, yesterday iowa republican congressman steve king was busy reprimanding democrats for their nasty habit of playing identity politics. >> neither can we disregard the vicious attacks on republicans that came from democrats during this last campaign and it was designed to divide people down the lines of race and ethnicity. they are masters at identity politics, and i think many republicans just seem to ignore that. >> steve king was not alone in his sentiments, addressing the rippon society on tuesday. speaker john boehner had this to say. >> we're expecting over the next 22 months to be the focus of this administration as they attempt to anilealate the republican party. i do believe that is their goal. to just shove us into the dust bin of history. >> kevin mccarthy double
september 5th, when mitt romney, the man who did not win the election nearly three months ago, announced his black leadership council. while this finely tuned targeted outreach will no doubt do wonder for the gop among hispaniced, who they lost by nearly 50 points, and african-americans who they lost by nearly 80 points, yesterday iowa republican congressman steve king was busy reprimanding democrats for their nasty habit of playing identity politics. >> neither can we disregard the...
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she was there in 1985, president reagan's re-election. she was there in 1981, the first reagan inaugural. that's andrea mitchell. if i end up doing these for as long as andrea mitchell has done these, i will be covering every inauguration from now until 2041, by which time i will be coming to you, presumably, as a ho hologram. so help me god. second inaugural, as opposed to a first inaugural when one president is leaving and another is starting, and we're covering a second inauguration, like we will be this year there's something different. governing is already under way. the president has started some things that he intends to finish in his second term. sort of a sense of continuity, well informed expectation about what kind of president this is going to be and where he is likely to go. when president obama was inaugurated. first time, there was none of that certainty and expectation, right? the country and all of us were caught up in the historical enormity of the fact that the united states of america was about to swear in our first af
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i know the coalition that elected me. if you keep the noise up, if you keep talking about this, i'll take care of you. i will watch for you. and he wasn't tossing them all under the bus. this was not a hey, i know you elected me, but now i can't do much for you. >> was it partisan? >> no. i mean, the thing is we use the word partisan in the wrong way. >> but these are clearly principles that the republicans have seriously opposed and struggled with throughout. which would bring them to the conclusion that it was partisan. >> look, the republican party had a session down in virginia last week where they were talking about how they have to change, how they got to get their act together. they were told that by pollsters, by all sorts of messaging people. and so their partisanship is not of a standard that i think even they recognize as a wise one. they may whine about partisanship. >> the president echoed another second president's inaugural speech, and that was fdr in 1937. here it is. >> the test of our progress is not whe
i know the coalition that elected me. if you keep the noise up, if you keep talking about this, i'll take care of you. i will watch for you. and he wasn't tossing them all under the bus. this was not a hey, i know you elected me, but now i can't do much for you. >> was it partisan? >> no. i mean, the thing is we use the word partisan in the wrong way. >> but these are clearly principles that the republicans have seriously opposed and struggled with throughout. which would...
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the nra didn't affect any races in the last election cycle and it probably won't do it the next time around. now, if senate democrats cannot get over the hump of losing their a rating from the national rifle association, folks, this gun legislation, it isn't going to go anywhere. senator al franken of minnesota is another democratic lawmaker who was somewhat puzzling in the last 24 hours who decided to clarify his position. he says, "i co-sponsored legislation to ban large clips like those used in so many mass shootings," he said in a statement. "i also support the principle that we should reinstate a ban on assault weapons. and i will carefully review any proposal to do that." in principle. can we get some straight talk? because that in principle kind of thing leaves a little wiggle room that maybe you might not do it, al. there are other senate democrats ready to vote right now. there are multiple democrats sponsoring their own legislation. a background check bill from senator chuck schumer. an assault weapons ban from senator dianne feinstein. a magazine limit from senator frank l
the nra didn't affect any races in the last election cycle and it probably won't do it the next time around. now, if senate democrats cannot get over the hump of losing their a rating from the national rifle association, folks, this gun legislation, it isn't going to go anywhere. senator al franken of minnesota is another democratic lawmaker who was somewhat puzzling in the last 24 hours who decided to clarify his position. he says, "i co-sponsored legislation to ban large clips like those...
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the 1992 presidential election. that was the election that cut short poppy bush's time in office, right? he was only a one-term president because he lost in 1992. democrats like to remember 1992 as a triumphant year for the democratic party because there was this young arkansas democratic governor bill clinton unseating an incumbent republican president. the uncomfortable part of that memory for democrats is that even though bill clinton did beat president bush in 1992 he did so with only 43% of the vote. bill clinton got 43% of the vote that year. president bush got 37% of the vote. and even though it is always a bad idea to do math on television, this one isn't that hard. if you add up 43 and 37 you do not get anywhere near 100% of the vote. what happened to the rest of the vote? the wacky thing about the 1992 election in terms of thinking about american binary red versus blue party politics is that another guy who ran that year, a third person, got almost 20% of the vote. it was ross perot, right? giant sucking s
the 1992 presidential election. that was the election that cut short poppy bush's time in office, right? he was only a one-term president because he lost in 1992. democrats like to remember 1992 as a triumphant year for the democratic party because there was this young arkansas democratic governor bill clinton unseating an incumbent republican president. the uncomfortable part of that memory for democrats is that even though bill clinton did beat president bush in 1992 he did so with only 43%...
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i've seen the same thing in electing people to the senate. the establishment in washington said you couldn't elect a conservative from pennsylvania. but if you take your message directly to the people, people like pat toomey can actually win elections. i'm convinced that if we take the right ideas, the right message to the american people, they'll pressure washington to do more, to pull things together that actually work for our country. so as ronald reagan used to say, if you can't make them see the light, make them feel the heat. i want to make them feel the heat from the american people. >> so senator, i'm just curious because you've been on the inside, and you're watching this gun debate from the outside of the halls of congress. what you think about the nra's response to everything since newtown? and could they be a better part of the conversation -- obviously, i have a very, you know, opposing point of view compared to what they stand for, but could they be a better part of the conversation had they acted differently? >> well, probably
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after the election. he said sure, what about? filibuster. i said you get reelected, if you get reelected and we don't change the filibuster rules in the senate, you might as well take a four-year vacation, because you won't get anything done. >> senator harkin also told me about the so-called 41 rule that would require 41 republicans to vote in order to maintain a filibuster instead of requiring the majority party to find 60 votes to break one. folks, 60 votes, it isn't going to happen in the senate. not in this political climate. senator reid had included the 41 rule in his proposal, but politico reported late tonight he dropped the rule after talks with mcconnell. now, this is just coming to me right now. my head is about to explode on live television. how many elections, harry, do the democrats have to win? how many mandates from the people have to be sent to washington that we need to move forward on this? why is the minority party running this country? that's my first reaction on this. for more, let
after the election. he said sure, what about? filibuster. i said you get reelected, if you get reelected and we don't change the filibuster rules in the senate, you might as well take a four-year vacation, because you won't get anything done. >> senator harkin also told me about the so-called 41 rule that would require 41 republicans to vote in order to maintain a filibuster instead of requiring the majority party to find 60 votes to break one. folks, 60 votes, it isn't going to happen in...
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she has a tough re-election fight on her hands. there's a whole handful of others. >> and again, here's a good example. you look at the president's three priorities that he laid out at the inauguration. in his inaugural speech. climate change. kay hagen, even though this is critically important for democrats and progressives and some republicans, kay hagen can't take that back to north carolina and campaign hard on that in the next two years any more than she can on gay marriage, national gay marriage issue. that will work in a lot of states. as we were saying yesterday, progress is on the march in this area. a lot of democrats believe. but that march hasn't gone through north carolina yet. and the same thing with gun control, an issue that certainly assault weapon control matters a lot to me. but in north carolina statewide, you almost feel like a republican could push that bettbet er than a democrat. >> no question. >> a democrat, it feeds into all of people's worst suspicion about them on guns. >> these are tough votes. and john
she has a tough re-election fight on her hands. there's a whole handful of others. >> and again, here's a good example. you look at the president's three priorities that he laid out at the inauguration. in his inaugural speech. climate change. kay hagen, even though this is critically important for democrats and progressives and some republicans, kay hagen can't take that back to north carolina and campaign hard on that in the next two years any more than she can on gay marriage, national...
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and we won five out of six elections. democrats now have won five out of the last six elections and the popular vote. what's the difference? why is that? >> well, as you noted, i'm in new orleans as part of the real world. and i would take issue with when we were growing up. i think we're still growing up, joe. what's going on in the real world, not just new orleans, but starting here, we've had -- we were down on our knees in some combination of good government, good leadership, not profligate spending with the private sector. we've had number one education gains in the country. we're the number one brain game, the number one entrepreneurial start- start-up. the principles are winning. there are 30 republican governors out there. scott walker just won his fight, in those 30 states that are being governed with economic principles and good government principles, reform government, modern government. their economies are growing at twice the rate of the national government. so that's why i'm optimistic. it's not -- there are
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the president won the election. and he laid out a program and a philosophy, and he won the election on it. and i think as long as republicans are going to take the stance that he didn't win and that, in fact, they won and therefore they get to do things their way, i don't think -- i don't see how that's going to help them get out of that 14% hole. >> eugene, nbc.com had a very interesting way of putting it this morning, a very nice tag which is that what the electorate is looking for right now is not so much hope but a president who can cope. it's all about coping, not so much hoping. do you think that this kind of poll suggests that he is going to be able to deliver on that message of coping? >> well, you know, first of all, i think that's right. i think that, you know, the whole atmosphere around the second inauguration, it's just different, right? four years ago, there was a sense of moment, a sense of history and enormous anticipation. and now with any second inauguration, a lot of that is missing and really peo
the president won the election. and he laid out a program and a philosophy, and he won the election on it. and i think as long as republicans are going to take the stance that he didn't win and that, in fact, they won and therefore they get to do things their way, i don't think -- i don't see how that's going to help them get out of that 14% hole. >> eugene, nbc.com had a very interesting way of putting it this morning, a very nice tag which is that what the electorate is looking for...